Recommended by Emma Goldman-Sherman

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Bronte's Mom by Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn
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    Wow, lots of deep subtext going on in Bronte's Mom! This is an adorable play about a puppy that ate a shoe, and it's also a play about a couple's first wedding anniversary and how they are coping with change and loss and depression, and it does all this in ten comic minutes! That's a lot of wonderful writing! I hope it is produced well and often!

    Wow, lots of deep subtext going on in Bronte's Mom! This is an adorable play about a puppy that ate a shoe, and it's also a play about a couple's first wedding anniversary and how they are coping with change and loss and depression, and it does all this in ten comic minutes! That's a lot of wonderful writing! I hope it is produced well and often!

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Holy and Unruly by David Beardsley
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    A gorgeous and revelatory play about Queen Elizabeth that we all need to see onstage! So theatrical and lush in terms of its language and its scope while still being so producible. Great roles for women! Do this now!

    A gorgeous and revelatory play about Queen Elizabeth that we all need to see onstage! So theatrical and lush in terms of its language and its scope while still being so producible. Great roles for women! Do this now!

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS IN FRANCE by Nora Louise Syran
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    I love the concept of using a song, lyric by lyric, to create a sequence of short pieces that form a whole. This has the feel of France and the comic tone meshes with the nostalgia for a holiday time that we all think we miss. This lets us revel in our own memories because the writer gives us the space and time to do that. Lovely work.

    I love the concept of using a song, lyric by lyric, to create a sequence of short pieces that form a whole. This has the feel of France and the comic tone meshes with the nostalgia for a holiday time that we all think we miss. This lets us revel in our own memories because the writer gives us the space and time to do that. Lovely work.

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Five Golden Rings (a 2 minute play) by Nora Louise Syran
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    A random act of kindness for the holidays!

    A random act of kindness for the holidays!

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Four Calling Birds (a 2 minute play) by Nora Louise Syran
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    Yes - hilarious! And the ending is perfect!

    Yes - hilarious! And the ending is perfect!

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Three French Hens (a 3 minute play) by Nora Louise Syran
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    Lovely! Amusant! Et tous les choses, as the young people say, and here we are again with light, bright, holiday cheer!

    Lovely! Amusant! Et tous les choses, as the young people say, and here we are again with light, bright, holiday cheer!

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Two Turtle Doves (a 5 minute play) by Nora Louise Syran
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    I continue to be intrigued! Two Turtle Doves drive a woman bonkers because she's alone and they aren't, and then her loneliness manifests a partner... fascinating!

    I continue to be intrigued! Two Turtle Doves drive a woman bonkers because she's alone and they aren't, and then her loneliness manifests a partner... fascinating!

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: A Perdrix in a Pear Tree (2 minute play) by Nora Louise Syran
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    I am intrigued. I like this couple and look forward to the rest in the series! We get history, mythology, and France! Boar-hunting, partridges and roles for mature actors. Huzzah!

    I am intrigued. I like this couple and look forward to the rest in the series! We get history, mythology, and France! Boar-hunting, partridges and roles for mature actors. Huzzah!

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Three Year Summer by Amy Berryman
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    I LOVE this play! So relatable and sweet! Wonderful characters, wonderful problems, wonderful 13 year old Tommy caught between her parents at that awful age of 13! And HP - huge fan here! This play gives me all the feels!

    I LOVE this play! So relatable and sweet! Wonderful characters, wonderful problems, wonderful 13 year old Tommy caught between her parents at that awful age of 13! And HP - huge fan here! This play gives me all the feels!

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Things With Friends by Kristoffer Diaz
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    So intimate. The writing is specific and character-driven. The circumstances are at once timeless and will always be relevant in a world revealed to be hurtling toward climate destruction under governments/ communities where care is absent and no longer expected. The food reveals us to be violent and voracious. How rare to see props used so well. A very dark riff indeed with carnage coming closer all the time. Intense. A bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed yesterday, and it made me think, even in its absurdity, this could be happening anywhere. Great roles, and a great monologue for a young woman.

    So intimate. The writing is specific and character-driven. The circumstances are at once timeless and will always be relevant in a world revealed to be hurtling toward climate destruction under governments/ communities where care is absent and no longer expected. The food reveals us to be violent and voracious. How rare to see props used so well. A very dark riff indeed with carnage coming closer all the time. Intense. A bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed yesterday, and it made me think, even in its absurdity, this could be happening anywhere. Great roles, and a great monologue for a young woman.

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